In Retrospect

If I had the power, perhaps in an alternate timeline, the Top 40 would have been quite different...

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Number
1

Policy of Truth
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
2

Thanksgiving
Poi Dog Pondering
From the album: Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the Sea
Peak
2
Weeks
10
Number
3 Up by 3

Joey
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
3
Weeks
12
Number
4 Down by 1

Here's Where The Story Ends
The Sundays
From the album: Reading, Writing And Arithmetic
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
5 Down by 1

Hey Venus
That Petrol Emotion
Peak
4
Weeks
19
Number
6 Up by 1

Post Post-Modern Man
Devo
From the album: Smooth Noodle Maps
Peak
6
Weeks
6
Number
6 Down by 1

Heavenly Pop Hit
The Chills
From the album: Submarine Bells
Peak
5
Weeks
18
Number
8

Book of Dreams
Suzanne Vega
Peak
8
Weeks
20
Number
9 Up by 1

U Li La Lu
Poi Dog Pondering
From the album: Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the Sea
Peak
9
Weeks
14
Number
10 Up by 8

I'll Be Your Chauffeur
David J.
Peak
10
Weeks
8
Number
11 Down by 2

Pictures of You
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
12 Down by 1

Pure
The Lightning Seeds
From the album: Cloudcuckooland
Peak
6
Weeks
22
Number
13 Up by 2

World in Motion
New Order featuring John Barnes
From the album: The Best of New Order
Peak
13
Weeks
8
Number
14

Ball and Chain
Social Distortion
Peak
14
Weeks
15
Number
15 Up by 1

All I Want
The Lightning Seeds
From the album: Cloudcuckooland
Peak
15
Weeks
11
Number
16 Down by 4

Enjoy the Silence
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
17 Down by 4

Particle Man
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Flood
Peak
5
Weeks
25
Number
18 Up by 2

Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Flood
Peak
18
Weeks
7
Number
19 Down by 2

Invisible
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
9
Weeks
24
Number
20 Up by 3

Home
Iggy Pop
From the album: Brick By Brick
Peak
20
Weeks
6
Number
21 Up by 1

Her Way of Praying
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Peak
21
Weeks
13
Number
22 Down by 3

Getting Away With It
Electronic
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
33
Number
23 Down by 2

Way Down Now
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
14
Weeks
17
Number
24 Up by 6

Lucky Ball and Chain
They Might Be Giants
Peak
24
Weeks
4
Number
25 Up by 1

King of Wishful Thinking
Go West
From the album: Pretty Woman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
25
Weeks
13
Number
26 Up by 7

Put The Message In The Box
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
26
Weeks
3
Number
27

November Spawned a Monster
Morrissey
From the album: Bona Drag
Peak
27
Weeks
13
Number
28 Down by 4

Kiss This Thing Goodbye
Del Amitri
Peak
17
Weeks
23
Number
29 Down by 4

Yer So Bad
Tom Petty
From the album: Full Moon Fever
Peak
21
Weeks
18
Number
30 Up by 13

Ring of Fire
Social Distortion
Peak
30
Weeks
2
Number
31

Blues Before and After
The Smithereens
Peak
29
Weeks
16
Number
32

Can't Stop Fallin' Into Love
Cheap Trick
From the album: Busted
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
33 Up by 11

I'm Free
The Soup Dragons
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
34 Up by 2

Velouria
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
34
Weeks
4
Number
35 Down by 7

Deadbeat Club
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
10
Weeks
21
Number
36 Down by 7

The Emperor's New Clothes
Sinéad O'Connor
From the album: I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Peak
20
Weeks
21
Number
37 Down by 3

Birdhouse In Your Soul
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Flood
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
33
Number
38 Down by 3

Elephant Stone
The Stone Roses
Peak
22
Weeks
15
Number
39 Down by 2

Falling (Theme from "Twin Peaks")
Julee Cruise
From the album: Twin Peaks
Peak
32
Weeks
13
Number
40 Up by 2

Epic
Faith No More
From the album: The Real Thing
Peak
40
Weeks
4
Number
41

Every Beat of the Heart
The Railway Children
From the album: Native Place
Peak
41
Weeks
6
Number
42 Debut

Party Town
Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys
Peak
42
Weeks
1
Number
43 Down by 4

King of the Mountain
Midnight Oil
From the album: Blue Sky Mining
Peak
38
Weeks
8
Number
44 Down by 6

The Devil in Me
John Wesley Harding
Peak
5
Weeks
27
Number
45 Down by 5

The Downeaster "Alexa"
Billy Joel
From the album: Storm Front
Peak
40
Weeks
10

Dropouts

Number
45 Dropout

Vogue
Madonna
From the album: I'm Breathless: Music From and Inspired by the Film "Dick Tracy"
Peak
17
Weeks
16

A chart by

Date

August 25, 1990

Songs

45

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1 1 Depeche Mode – "Policy of Truth" 1(×4) 12

2 2 Poi Dog Pondering – "Thanksgiving" 2 10

6 3 Concrete Blonde – "Joey" 3 12

3 4 The Sundays – "Here's Where The Story Ends" 1(×3) 20

4 5 That Petrol Emotion – "Hey Venus" 4 19

7 6 Devo – "Post Post-Modern Man" 6 6

5 6 The Chills – "Heavenly Pop Hit " 5 18

8 8 Suzanne Vega – "Book of Dreams" 8 20

10 9 Poi Dog Pondering – "U Li La Lu" 9 14

18 10 David J. – "I'll Be Your Chauffeur" 10 8

9 11 The Cure – "Pictures of You" 1(×2) 22

11 12 The Lightning Seeds – "Pure" 6 22

15 13 New Order ft. John Barnes – "World in Motion" 13 8

14 14 Social Distortion – "Ball and Chain" 14 15

16 15 The Lightning Seeds – "All I Want" 15 11

12 16 Depeche Mode – "Enjoy the Silence" 1(×6) 26

13 17 They Might Be Giants – "Particle Man" 5 25

20 18 They Might Be Giants – "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" 18 7

17 19 Michael Penn – "Invisible" 9 24

23 20 Iggy Pop – "Home" 20 6

22 21 The Jesus and Mary Chain – "Her Way of Praying" 21 13

19 22 Electronic – "Getting Away With It" 1(×7) 33

21 23 World Party – "Way Down Now" 14 17

30 24 They Might Be Giants – "Lucky Ball and Chain" 24 4

26 25 Go West – "King of Wishful Thinking" 25 13

33 26 World Party – "Put The Message In The Box" 26 3

27 27 Morrissey – "November Spawned a Monster" 27 13

24 28 Del Amitri – "Kiss This Thing Goodbye" 17 23

25 29 Tom Petty – "Yer So Bad" 21 18

43 30 Social Distortion – "Ring of Fire" 30 2

31 31 The Smithereens – "Blues Before and After" 29 16

32 32 Cheap Trick – "Can't Stop Fallin' Into Love" 32 5

44 33 The Soup Dragons – "I'm Free" 33 2

36 34 Pixies – "Velouria" 34 4

28 35 The B-52's – "Deadbeat Club" 10 21

29 36 Sinéad O'Connor – "The Emperor's New Clothes" 20 21

34 37 They Might Be Giants – "Birdhouse In Your Soul" 1(×3) 33

35 38 The Stone Roses – "Elephant Stone" 22 15

37 39 Julee Cruise – "Falling (Theme from "Twin Peaks")" 32 13

42 40 Faith No More – "Epic" 40 4

41 41 The Railway Children – "Every Beat of the Heart" 41 6

NE 42 Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys – "Party Town" 42 1

39 43 Midnight Oil – "King of the Mountain" 38 8

38 44 John Wesley Harding – "The Devil in Me" 5 27

40 45 Billy Joel – "The Downeaster "Alexa"" 40 10

DROPOUTS:

45 -- Madonna – "Vogue" 17 16

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